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Look what I got made!

I commissioned @emositecc to draw (and slightly redesign) my Hazbin OCs, Fineas and Ondine. These two are Vox's kids from his human life and they've been slowly taking over my brain for the past few months. Nepotism may get you a safe, comfortable life in Hell, but one thing it won't get you is a healthy relationship with your obsessive megalomaniac of a father.

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RAM Plot Summary

So, now that we're coming up on the one-year anniversary of the start of RAM, I finally decided to write up a relatively short summary of the main plot of this AU. Vox whump, Vee angst, one-sided Radiostatic await below.

RAM (Randomly Accessed Memories) is a collaborative Hazbin Hotel AU based on the theory that Niffty is a former overlord that Alastor drove insane, and asks the question: What if he did the same to Vox?

Animation commissioned from @/__shmoki__ over on Twitter

Seven years ago, Alastor and Vox had their final battle. After fifty years of rivalry, Vox finally gained the upper hand; in a moment of desperation, he used his hypnosis against Alastor… and it worked. Briefly. Terrified of what Vox might do if he managed to gain power over him, Alastor lashed out and knocked Vox unconscious. He knew he had to neutralize Vox somehow, but he found himself hesitant to finally kill his old friend. Instead, he chose a different tactic.

Alastor took Vox to the basement of V Tower and began a broadcast, torturing him live on the air for all the city to hear. Valentino and Velvette, believing that the two were most likely at Alastor’s radio tower, rushed off to rescue Vox, unknowingly leaving him to his fate. After hours of torture, once Vox’s physical and mental defenses were lowered, Alastor was finally ready to enact his true goal: using his powers to reach into Vox’s mind and remold him into something more palatable.

Once the broadcast was finished, Alastor dumped Vox’s dismembered body in the lobby of V Tower and then vanished for the next seven years. Valentino and Velvette were initially relieved when they discovered Vox was still alive, albeit comatose, but once his body was repaired and they finally turned Vox back on, they immediately knew something was wrong. Vox had no recollection of the past fifty years; his memories of his life after his falling out with Alastor were simply gone. Worse than that, he appeared to be trapped in a perpetual state of channel surfing, unable to stay focused on anything for more than a minute and forgetting new information soon after learning it. On top of it all, Alastor was now the center of his world; Vox asked for him constantly, wouldn’t hear a word against him, and his only goal seemed to be to reunite with him.

Valentino and Velvette, unwilling to kill Vox but knowing that if anyone discovered his condition, it would put a massive target on all three of their backs, confined Vox to a private suite in the tower and told the public that he had died. Vox spent seven agonizing years locked away in the tower with only Vark for company. Valentino and Velvette visited frequently, trying to coax non-existent memories out of him or at least trying to build a new relationship with him, but Vox’s memory always reset after every interaction with them. Valentino fell into a self-destructive spiral upon losing his lover, taking out his grief and frustration on everyone in the vicinity. Velvette had no choice but to take on Vox’s role as CEO of VoxTek (renamed VTek) and spent the next seven years trying to project invulnerability to the public, even as she was overwhelmed with her new responsibilities, trying to ensure Vox was safe and taken care of, and dealing with Valentino’s destructive outbursts.

After seven long, miserable years, Alastor finally returned. Eager to see if his plan worked, he slipped into V Tower and, at long last, reunited with Vox. Vox was ecstatic to see Alastor again and begged him to rescue him from his “prison,” andAlastor happily obliged. Alastor was thrilled with his handiwork; Vox was once again the man he had known all those years ago. He finally had his friend back… right?

Alastor brought Vox along with him to the hotel, ready to begin a new era of their afterlives— one where Vox would never change and always do as he was told. Charlie and Vaggie didn’t recognize Vox, so saw no issue with accepting him into the hotel. Angel Dust and Husk, on the other hand, were fully aware of who Vox used to be and what Alastor had done to him but were forced to keep quiet by their respective contracts. Alastor assigned Vox the role of hotel handyman, and he and the other staff members settled into their new lives at the hotel.

Valentino and Velvette were horrified when they discovered that Vox had gone missing; they were livid when they learned that it was Alastor who took him and brought him to the princess’ new hotel. However, fearing that if they made a move to attack Alastor/the hotel he would simply take Vox and vanish into the ether again, they were forced to bide their time, waiting for an opportunity to rescue their friend.

Vox spent the next six months at the hotel, participating in the canonical plot of the show. His frantic, high-energy behavior, volatile memory, and habit of frying the electronics he was meant to be fixing often made things difficult, but hesoon found his place among the Hazbins. He became very close with Niffty due to their shared decade of death and the fact that they were the only people who understood how the other’s mind worked. Vox also ended up forming a friendship with Sir Pentious, who had been sent by the Vees to keep an eye on Vox and spy on the hotel. However, as time went on, things between Vox and Alastor became more strained. Alastor gradually came to realize that his plan hadn’t worked quite as well as he’d hoped. Vox was stuck in the past and saw him as his closest friend, but he wasn’t the person Alastor had once known. Vox’s erratic behavior began to grate on him, and Alastor eventually realized that he had liked the way Vox used to challenge him— now, he was little more than a sycophant or a needy pet. However, Alastor could not admit he had made a mistake; he was in too deep now, and there was no undoing what had been done.

This AU has multiple endings, but the one I consider “canon” consists of Vox participating in the hotel’s battle with Heaven and getting noticed by some reporters once the dust has settled. All of Hell now knows that Vox, the former Television Overlord, is alive and at the Hazbin Hotel. Charlie, horrified to learn what Alastor did to Vox and Niffty, kicks him out of the hotel. She contacts the Vees and starts trying to negotiate with them for Vox’s return on the condition that Valentino break his contract with Angel Dust. The details about what happens next are a bit murky, but in the end, Alastor disappears once again, and Charlie’s deal with the Vees goes through. Vox is returned to V Tower, although with far more freedom than he had before— all of Hell knows he’s alive, so why bother keeping him locked up? The mental block Vox has regarding retaining information about Val and Velvette lifts in Alastor’s absence, and the Vees are finally able to start rebuilding their relationship. It's different from how it was before– always will be– but that doesn't make it any less valuable. Change is inevitable, after all.

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The most terrifying part of having memory issues is when you can feel something from 5 seconds ago be thrown out the window and there's an empty hole where it once was. You remember that you forgot something.

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Popping in here to let people know I’m still alive.

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If your mother has passed away, answer based on how your relationship was when she was alive.

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reblog and put in the tags the real reason you joined tumblr no matter how horrible or embarrassing it is

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it should be illegal to take a nap and still have a headache when you wake up. like no i shut it off and back on again why are you still here

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New information revealed by the Hazbin Playbill

Charlie went to college

Charlie won multiple musical theater awards in college

Alastor broadcasts every day at noon (or whenever he feels like it)

Angel Dust is a singer

Angel Dust made his first onscreen appearance in one of Valentino’s films (so in or after the 1970s)

Vaggie is trained in sychronized dance

Sir Pentious has made weapons for Carmine Industries and Voxtek

Sir Pentious created the Egg Bois with the help of someone (probably Baxter)

Lucifer performs alongside the other Deadly Sins (“perform” might be metaphorical though)

Carmilla discovered new ways to use Angelic technology to improve Hell’s weaponry

Rosie does favors in exchange for people’s souls

Sera works directly under the Speaker of God

Sera is in charge of Heaven’s hierachy and laws

Emily is in charge of ensuring all citizens of Heaven are entertained and comfortable 

Mimzy owns a club called “Ragtime”

Mimzy once appeared in a radio special with Alastor called “Singa for ya Dinna!”

Vox acts in and directs his media projects

Valentino frequently goes on shooting sprees in the Entertainment District

Valentino describes the Entertainment District as ruled by himself, “Velvette, and I guess Vox”

Velvette has over 100 million subscribers

Velvette is the head of development for Love Potion (in collaboration with Valentino)

Velvette can do spells/magic

Saint Peter is the head singer in Heaven’s royal choir and founded the Angelic drama club

Saint Peter can play the harp and French horn

Zestial is the oldest living Overlord in power

Zestial is effectively retired

Zestial helps Carmilla with her business due to their friendship

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Being obsessed with your own ocs is so so good for you i seriously can't recommend it enough

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….I should get a gun

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So, I need to get the fuck outta Florida

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porn featuring the author’s barely disguised social commentary

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If you’d asked Cotton about his childhood, he’d admit that it was unusual, but that would be vastly understating it.

Sketch of him at about six years old.

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I think they liked different musical genres when they were alive

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Sorry to Cotton-post on a main RAM bog post but at this point I imagine Cotton is more Vox’s employee/assistance than Val’s niche star at this point.

He still does the occasional film, Val is too stubborn to fully let go of his hold on him but he spends a lot more time working for/assisting Vox, especially if he does end up getting a show.

They have a television-worthy dynamic and Cotton can play up his eccentricities for entertainment value.

After the other Vees get Vox back from the hotel, they give him significantly more freedom of mobility than he used to have. He’s not supposed to leave the tower unaccompanied for his own safety, but he can move around the tower itself freely and will go on outings with Val and Vel on occasion. All of Hell knows he’s alive now, and he’s stabilized significantly since his stay at the hotel, so there’s no point in keeping him locked up anymore.

Vark is a huge help whenever they go out. He keeps Vox from wandering off, helps ground him in the moment, and serves as a pretty effective deterrent to prevent anyone from approaching them uninvited. Vox might start picking up responsibilities around the tower too, eventually. Depending on how stable Vox becomes, Velvette may even find/create a show for him to host that matches his new, spontaneous, high-energy style of presenting. Having a job to do makes him happy.

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Vox is a very tactile person after the broadcast. Textures are interesting and soothing to him, and he often has a hard time keeping his hands to himself because of it. It’s not his fault that so many sinners have such unique skin/fur!

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